Comparison

SHIFT vs Nello

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

SHIFT

This app offers real-time interventions for neurodivergent individuals experiencing crisis regulation. It provides five distinct modes designed to help manage racing thoughts, shutdown, anger, overwhelm, and paralysis. The tool focuses on practical, immediate support without guilt or pressure.

Highlights
  • Crisis regulation tool
  • Five regulation modes
  • Designed for neurodivergent brains
  • Real-time intervention
  • No guilt or streaks
  • Sensory overload management
Features
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Your nervous system is not broken. It's overwhelmed. SHIFT is a crisis regulation tool built specifically for ADHD, autistic, and neurodivergent brains — not a meditation app, not a mood tracker. A real-time intervention for when your system hits its limit. WHEN YOU'RE IN CRISIS, YOU NEED TOOLS THAT ACTUALLY WORK. SHIFT gives you five regulation modes designed around how neurodivergent nervous systems actually function: - Spiraling — racing thoughts, can't stop. breathing and grounding to interrupt the loop. - Frozen — shut down, can't feel. body activation to bring you back online. - Raging — about to lose it. controlled discharge to metabolize the charge. - Overwhelmed — too much, can't handle it. sensory reduction and coherent breathing. - Stuck — can't start, paralyzed. micro-steps and external anchors to unlock movement. NO GUILT. NO STREAKS. NO TOXIC POSITIVITY. SHIFT doesn't care if you missed yesterday. It meets you exactly where you are, every time. BUILT BY SOMEONE WHO GETS IT. Created by an AuDHD founder who got tired of wellness apps designed for neurotypical brains. Every mode, every interaction, every word was designed with your nervous system in mind — not a general audience. WHO SHIFT IS FOR: - ADHD and autistic adults navigating daily dysregulation - Anyone experiencing sensory overload or autistic burnout - People with anxiety, hypervigilance, or rejection sensitive dysphoria - Neurodivergent parents, founders, and professionals - Anyone whose nervous system runs hot and needs real tools Free to start. No account required. Open it when you need it. This is your reset button. Terms of Use: https://themindshiftapp.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://themindshiftapp.com/privacy

About

Nello

Features
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Nello is a calm, strengths-based autism tracker for parents of autistic kids — and for autistic teens and adults tracking themselves. Log meltdowns, sensory moments, sleep, food and wins in a tap or two, browse every day in your journal, and see the patterns behind the hard days. No account, works offline, and everything stays on your phone. Decode the hard days, celebrate the good ones — without the deficit framing. WHY FAMILIES CHOOSE NELLO • Honest billing — the free tier is useful forever, no card needed to explore, and Nello+ cancels anytime in the App Store. • Works offline, opens instantly — local-first, no account, no forced logins. • A self-tracking mode for autistic teens and adults, not just a parent tool. • Neurodiversity-affirming — rainbow-infinity, never a puzzle piece. Stimming is regulation. FREE FOREVER • Today: quick-log sleep, food, toileting, a meltdown, a sensory moment or a win, and how the day felt • Meltdown tracker with ABC: Antecedent → Behavior → Consequence, setting, intensity and when it happened, in under a minute • Sensory moments: seeking or avoiding, which sense, and a short note • History: every day in one place, 90 days free. Tap any entry to fix it, swipe to delete • Win jar: catch the small victories that protect your morale • Calm kit: what actually calms your child, one tap away in a crisis • Add, rename or remove the people you track • Log with Siri: "Log a meltdown in Nello" — wins and sensory moments too • CSV export of everything you log NELLO+ (OPTIONAL, 100% ON-DEVICE) • Pattern insights: how many meltdowns follow a transition, average intensity and your top triggers in a chart, with a calm-kit suggestion • Weekly recap: what made the week hard or good, with trends against last week and the last 3 and 6 months — worked out from your own logs on your phone • Advocate report (PDF): the patterns plus the calm kit on one page for the pediatrician, specialist, IEP team, sitter or teacher • Unlimited people and unlimited history Invite a friend from the app and you both get 30 days of Nello+. Built to be your autism behavior tracker, meltdown tracker, autism journal and sensory diary — all in one calm place, in nine languages. MEDICAL DISCLAIMER Nello is not medical advice. It does not diagnose autism or any other condition, it does not treat anything, and it is not therapy. Always talk to a qualified healthcare professional about health, development or treatment decisions. Privacy Policy: https://adelyons.com/apps/nello/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://adelyons.com/apps/nello/terms.html

Screenshots

SHIFT4 screens
Nello4 screens

Verdict

The call

SHIFT and Nello are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. SHIFT sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Nello sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SHIFT ships an update fortnightly, Nello weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
SHIFT versus Nello: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSHIFTNello
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB32 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperTimothy WilliamsAdelyons Software LLC

In-app purchases

4 purchases

SHIFT

Subscriptions4
  • SHIFT Starter$4.991 Month
  • SHIFT Pro$9.991 Month
  • SHIFT Starter$49.991 Year
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  • SHIFT Pro$99.991 Year
3 purchases

Nello

Subscriptions2
  • Nello+ Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Nello+ Annual$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Nello+ Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is SHIFT free?
SHIFT is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nello free?
Nello is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SHIFT or Nello have ads?
Neither SHIFT nor Nello shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SHIFT or Nello?
SHIFT ships an update fortnightly, and Nello weekly. Most recently, SHIFT was updated on September 24, 2026 and Nello on October 9, 2026.

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